Call for participation

The Second ILS National Alternate Judgment Writing

Competition 2015-16
ELIGIBILITY
a. Any Law College or Law University can send only one entry. The
team of student researchers shall consist of 3 members.
b. The student authors of the alternate judgment shall be pursuing the
5-year or 3-year law course.
DEADLINE
1 December 2015.
REGISTRATION
To register for the competition
a. Prepare and print the alternate judgment- Pay registration fees of
Rs.500/- by Demand Draft drawn on a nationalized bank in favor of
Principal, ILS Law College.
b. Prepare a covering letter by typing in Bold the Title of the
Competition as Subject.
c. This letter shall contain the details of the Student Researchers of
the team and should be signed by the Head of the Institution or
Department, stating o the name of your institution,
1. email and local address of your institution o names, emails,
mobile / telephone numbers of each student author,
2. Photographs and signatures of each student author.
d. Post the copy of the alternate judgment, Demand Draft and
covering letter to thefollowing address:
Principal, [in the care of Centre for Public Law],
ILS Law College,Law College Road
(Chiplunkar Road), Pune 411004,
Maharashtra State, India.e. Also send a Scanned Copy of your DD and a soft copy of your
alternate judgment in MS Word format by email to
centreforpubliclaw@gmail.com , with Second Alternate Judgment
2016 in the subject of the mail.- The Printed and Soft Copy of the

Draft of the Alternate judgment and DD of Rs. 500/-must reach us on

or before 1 December 2015.
NUMBER OF ROUNDS
The competition will have two rounds:
a. First Round
All alternate judgments received will be assessed, and 5 will be
selected for the second round. Each of the 3 members of the teams
shall author any two of the below mentioned parts of the judgement.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Relevant Legislations.
Position in other jurisdiction.
The arguments of the petitioner;
The arguments of the respondent
Issues
Reasoning of the court

The members shall specify which parts have been authored by them in
their entries.
b. Second Round
5 selected teams shall make oral presentations of their drafts in the
ILS LawCollege, before a distinguished panel of jury. By draw of lots
the roles of the team members can be switched. This is done to assess
team-work and a thorough understanding of the judgement by all
team members. The selected teams will be informed by 1st week of
February 2016. The teams shall be given a reasonable period of time
to prepare for oral presentations.
c. The Alternate judgment
The subject of the alternate judgment writing is the Supreme Court
order in D.K. Aruna v. Sateof Telangana and ors [Writ Petition No.
512/2015]. A copy of the mentioned order has been attached. The
teams may refer to the following link for further details of the order;
http://www.livelaw.in/sc-refuses-to-entertain-petition-to-includewomen-in-state-cabinets/
The alternate judgment may be submitted as follows:a. Language- English

b. Word limit - 4000 words (including foot notes)

c. Format MSWord
d. Font - Times New Roman
e. Font size- 12 for text, 10 for footnotes
f. Page numbers bottom centerg. A cover page stating the name of the competition, the name of your
institution and the names of student authors, with the signatures of
each student author
h. The alternate judgment shall begin on the next page.
i. Do not state any matter in the alternate judgment (except the cover
page) that might reveal your identity or of your institution.
MARKS
a. Statement of facts
Marks
b. Statement of rival contentions and framing of issues
40 Marks
Citing of relevant laws viz. case-law,
statutes, positon in other jurisdictions
and opinions of jurists
Marks
c. Critical analysis and problematizing
the judgment and
analytical reasoning
d. Presentation, style, clarity, appearance,
and over-all impression
Marks
e. Oral Presentation

20

40

40 Marks
10
100Marks

AWARDS
To organise this contest Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Trust is pleased to
provide the financial assistance. The amount of awards is as follows:
1. First Prize
10,000
2 Second Prize
8,000
3 Third Prize
5,000
COORDINATOR
Faculty-coordinator
Dr. Sanjay Jain
centreforpubliclaw@gmail.com
Student Coordinators
Aishwarya Gupta 8806516757

Gauri Shidhaye 9920265547

Manav Mutneja 8698063435
Akrity Abhilasha 9561780236